How to give Ubuntu Linux a try:First, go here: and download the latest version:
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download ...and save it
to your desktop.
Then just burn the .iso image of Ubuntu Linux that you just downloaded to a CD.
The free program IMGBurn will allow you to burn the .iso image to the CD...you can find IMGBurn here:
http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=downloadGet Image Burn from mirror #7 or #8....save it to desktop...then install it...open IMGBurn and the top left icon "write Image to
disc" is the one you want to use...just point IMGBurn to the Ubuntu .iso file you previously downloaded and burn the CD at 4x
speed.
Now just
boot from the CD you just created. (you might have to enter the BIOS and set the optical drive to 1st boot device)
Once it starts to boot you have the option to just "TRY it out" or to start the Install.
I recommend you just TRY it out first, by just running it off the CD. If you become hooked on Ubuntu then just click that big
INSTALL button on the Ubuntu desktop. Likewise, you can choose not to Install....and you'll still have that option the next
time you boot from CD.